The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1714, 22 March 1888, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stoats ahd Wbasbm.—A consignment of 400 stoats and weasels arrived in Christchurch on Tuesday. It is intended to liberate them in rabbit infested districts.

Sam at Geraldinb.— Meisrs J, Mundell and Co' bold a tala of saddle and harness horses, cows, riding saddles and bridles, sausage machine, shares in Geraldine Dairy Factory, etc., etc., at Geraldine to-day. Squatters’ and Graziers’ Association. —A. conference of graziers and squatters baa been held at Melbourne, at which representstires from all the coloaies were present, and at which an association was formed for the purpose of taking steps to protect woolgrowers against the Shearers’ Union,

The English Cricketers at Christchurch.—ln our rdvertising columns will be found the arrangements made by the railway authorities the convenience of those who may wish to visit Christchuich durirg the stay there of the English cricketers. A Vigorous Kiokbb.—One of the leaders in a three-horse team rendered itself conspicuous yesterday morning when opposite the Temuka Courthouse by the vigor with which it kicked until it had entirely freed itself of its harness. Hardly any damage was done, but the other horses in ths team had some narrow escapes.

Farewell Services.—On Sunday next the Rev. W. G. Thomas will conduct farewell services in the Wesleyan Church, Temuk*. During the three yeare Mr Thomas has labored in the district he has made many friends, and there ie little doubt hot that the services on Sunday will be well attended. Concerts. —We would remind our readers that a concert in aid of the incidental fund of the Tsmuka District High School takes place in the Temuka Volunteer Hall this evening. The programme —a first-blase one—will be found in our advertising co'umns.—To-morrow evening a concert and ball in aid of the treat fund of the Woodbury school takes place at WoodbU AN Otbtm-Batin* Home.—The Southland Timee says that there is an old railway horse at the Bluff, quite a celebrity in his way, that has an insatiable appetite for oysters; and what is more, prefers them with pepper and vinegar. Tourists and others frequently desire ocular demonstration of the fact, and of course provide the necessary bivalves, so that. " James” often gets a treat. SAKOAN AtfaiM,— The Lubeek, which has arrived at Sydney from Samoa, brings news that King Tamaiese is now more favorably received by the natives and everything is quiet. The King is making a tour of the Uroup, and is travelling unguarded. Harbor fights have been erected at Apia for the guidance of vessels. The Toogan Government have not fled that only English com will be accepted in the dominion as a legal tender after April Ist.

A BIQ Stbaher. —The Messagories Maritime! Company are building a largo steamer for the Amtcalian trade. The vessel will steam 18 knots and her tonnage will be 8500 tons.

Swindles.— An Adelaide telegram stitss that millions of money are being invested in bogus companies, which are being formed daily. The specimens of silver ore, rubies, and other stones which are being exhibited are now pronounced rank swindles. A Good Pboibrtt.— Mr Speight, in a report of the railways of Victoria, says they are worth more than the amount of the Victorian debt, and that, despite the damages incurred by the Windsor accident, the next buhnoe-sheet will be a satisfactory one. Inspector Bboham.— On Tuesday evening list Inspector Broham was entertained »t a farewell banquet in Timaru by a number of friends and presented with a massive silver salver. The member* of the police force presented him with an illuminated address yesterday. Heavy Sintbnobb.—The gang who robbed the Manager of ont of the Melbourne Banks oarly in the month, and attempted to extort money from him under threat of exposing him for committing an indecent offence, have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment of from ten to twenty years, with two and three whippings of from ten to fifteen luhes. Lose of Horses.—A horse belonging to Mr B. Praftley died suddenly on Monday afternoon. The animal had just drawn a load ot water to a threshing machine, and was biing taken for the elevators, when it began to kick, and died in a few minutes, Heart disease is supposed to be the cause of death. A horse belonging to Mr T. Powell died suddenly lasi week. A Bad Export.— The manager of the New Plymouth Cooperative Society has received a letter from the-manager ot the Society in Manchester, England, referring to lome butter shipped there from New Plymouth. The writer says “ Your butters are only suitable to take the place of third cooks’, or, say, good confectionery quality, and will not on the avcraje realise more than 75s to 80s per cwt. for the next two years unless some change takes pi ice.” English Prestige in the Transvaal, —Mr Anderson, a traveller for twenty years in South Africa, testifies The English people have hitherto been looked upon as friends and protectors (of the natives), and as one of them I felt proud ot my country. But since the Transvaal rebellion and its retrocession an Englishman is ashamed to travel in the country, to be subject to the taunts of the chiefs and people at the boasted honor of England. Taranaki Ironsand.— Still another attempt is to be made to work the Taranaki ironsand. Mr Oldfield has purchased the Te Henui works and intends having s trial smelting of the sand with the agency ef charcoal and kiln-dried wood as soon as convenient. After Ibis he intends to go Home with one who had charge of the smelting and demonstrate to capitalists the smelting process, nod Nhst the working of it would probably return commercially, in order to see if he can get capitalists to put money in (he venture. Bbbbat a Discount.— Fifty-eight hogsheads of beer were emptied into th* gutters at Christchurch on Monday by a well-known local auctioneer. ; He had received instructions to sell the beer, and having offered it, the bid was not encouraging, as a high excise duty would have to be paid on each hogshead. The lot was then offered as empty casks, and competition was so brisk that the highest bid was within half-a-crown per cask of the amount offered for both casks and beer. This bid was accepted, and the beer emptied into the street channels. Some people did not like to see such waste, and buckets ware brought into requisition to recover » portion of the precious (?) fluid.—* Press. The Wat of the World.—An exchange writes“ We all know it is dangerous to address a servant girl otherwise than a lady ; but it sounds anomalous to hear a bushman addressed as a gentleman, and his employer as a ‘ chap.’ A Napier contemporary, however, states that a well-known settler had occ'S'on to pay an order on him at a warehouse. When he went to settle it the storeman said, ‘ Oh, yes, that's all right, you’re the chap the gentleman who deals here chopped bush for.’ This reminds ns of reading a short time ago in a southern paper about two women who went to a worthy minister in Dunedin with the following plea ‘Me and this ’ere lady ’ave tramped Pup from Invercargill. Could you lend us a bob or two for a few days?”

The New Commission op the Peace,— The supplement to the Gazette contain* the new commifsion of the peace. The South Canterbury justices are:—J. B, A. Aclsnd, B. Aoton, F. Archer, J. H. BanfieW, G. Barclay, F. H. Barker, J. 8. Boswiok, W. 0. Beswick, A. H, Brisco, T. Broham, A. M. Clark, B, A. Chapman, B. Elworthy, 0. W. Bichbaum, W. 0, Fendsll, R. Pish, G, G. Fitz Gerald, F. R- Gillingham, K. P. Gray, M. Gray, J. Guild, J. Hassell, A, J. Hawdon, A. Hayes, J. T. M. Hay hurst, F. Haiter, W. B. Howell, W. G. Inman, D. N. Inwood,, i, lyres, J. Jackson, B. G. Kerr, F. LeOranH. J. LeOran, G. F. Lovegroyr, J. Man. Chester, A. H. McLean, H. W. Moore, W. M. Moore, A. Meo, G. B. Parker, R. H. Pearpoint, R. H. Postlethwaits, B. Richardson, W. Rolleston, W. U. Slack, G. 0. Staopoole, E. G. Sterioker, J. H. Sutter, J. Talbot, E. F. Temple, T. Teschemaker, C., G. Tripp, A. Turnbull, L. Welker, T. H. Wigliy, J. Wilson, B. Woolloombe, C. A. Wray. An AdTBNTCEBSS.— Mrs Gordon Baillie posed as a philanthropic lady looking after the interests of the Crofters, and enjoyed high life during her tour of the colonies recently. She is now denounced as an adventuress. Here is another interesting item supplied to the Otago Daily Times by its Auckland correspondent:—lt will be remembered that a short time ago Mrs Cecilia Wyndham Hill came to New Zealand, staling that .she was the special correspondent of the Morning Post. She was received at Government House, Wellington, and resided for some time with the Bishop of Napier. She received a free pass to travel over all the railways, and thia she made good usa of.. She went to Rotorua, and through an introduction from the Nativa Minister she was escorted over the sights of , tha Lake Country. She occasionally got into trouble with hotelkeepers, but on the whole she managed well. An English gentleman who was then in Now Zealand, hearing much talk about Mrs Hill, determined to make an inquiry about her when he returned to London. He conimunioat?d with the editor of the Morning Post and received the following reply j—“ Morning Post, 11 Wellington street, W.O„ January 5, 1888. —Dear Sir, — Mrs Cecilia Hill is not a correspondent of our paper. She baa sent me a number of letters, none of which have been published, and I have written eeveral times to stop the sending of the letters. I know nothing whatever about her. The expenses of anyone sent out by the Morning Post as correspondent are always entirely (and liberally) paid by the paper, and no one is permitted to apply for free passes.—Very truly yours, The Kditor.” This effectually disposes of Mr Hill’s pta-. tensions. The special correspondent lay is about played out. '

Locked Out. —The Warratah (K.S.W.) coal miners having refused t» accede to the Company’s forms with reference to the rate of wages for taking out wait?, were looked out on Monday morning. About 100 men are affected.

Accident. —Mr Gordon Wood met with a painful accident in Timaru on Tuesday afternoon last. He was riding down the main ftreet, and whon near the Commercial Hotel his horse shied and brought one of his legs into violent contact with a passing coal cart. The limb was badly crushed, and medical assistance had to be obtained. Valuable Discovert. — A valuable deposit of natural plaster-of-paris, in an a most pure state, is said to have been discovered in the Umotatoroa block, near Woodville. It baa been reported on by Mr Skey, who states that after'being heated to such a degree as to drive off the sulphurous compound itcootaios, it leave* the pure plaster. The right of working the deposit has been secured by a party of Dsnevirko settlers.—Exchange. The Truth—ld a certain “ fconsorial artist’s” in Christchurch, the “hands” are not only civil and well np (o their " profession,” but can talk on any subject under and above the sun. A member of the House of Representatives, whilst under the lather, was eager to find out the extent of the opinion of the presrnt Government, ot whom he is a thick and thin supporter, and said to hi* shayer, "Now, what do you think of Mie retrenchment policy of the Government ? " ‘ Bunkum and rot,” was ths reply. Silence ! —Rangiora Standard. Severe, —The Mail says t—“ We have it on undoubted authority that a recent theatrical ‘ star,’ referring to a Timaru pit audience, said of this part of the house that it wps decidedly ‘ the most uncouth, vulgar, and ill-mannered it could be the misfortune of a company to appear before.’ Perhaps this picture of themselves from an off-mded stranger may have a salutary eff.cs, and in this hope we give the matter publicity.” The Mail omits to say why the ’recent star’ is not a star still, but it would be interesting to know whether the reason for ths opinion expressed was the appreciation shown by the ’ pit ’ for the performance of a subordinate member of the company ?

Disputed Identity.—At the Evident Magistrate’s Court, Timaru, on Tuesday last, ft. McNally, of Tomuka, sued P. Bar lie for j 617 10s, for damages in connection with the wrongful seizure of a mare. Mr Hay appeared. for the plaintiff and Mr Lynch for defendant. The ondenoe was rery conflicting, plaintiff and defendant both being positive as to the identity of the mare. The plaintiff said the mare was 6i years old, ani his witnesses gave her age at from 6 to 7. The defendant’s witnesses swore that the mare wae over ten. Both sides recognised the mare by certain marks. The Bench, after seeing the mare, laid that judgment would be given for plaintiff as the mare was his property, and had been wrongfully taken by defendant. She must bo returned at once to him, and £5 damages would be allowed him with full costs.

A Hough Election.—That total prohibition does not pro ye very effectual in some of the States in which it has been adopted may be judged from the following extract from the Vicksburg correspondent of the New York Times Vicksburg, December 31 (Special).—There is intense excitement in Jackson over the municipal election which takes place there on Monday. The inciting cause is the tragedy of last Saturday night, in which Whitesides cut Mitchell’s throat and Whitesidos was killed in turn, it is now said, by joung Percy Qramble. The Commercial of this city, says :— ‘ The oldest inhabitants of that place say that such another Christmas was never experienced in Jackson. It is almost impossib’e to estimate the amount of drunkenness and bad behaviour. The saloons are all closed because prohibition prevails,but intoxicating liquors ware never as plentiful, and as it costs much less to drink by the jug, the whole town was blind staving drunk. The drunken fellows did all sorts of things from killing down to squalling like cats and fighting. Night was made hideous, plate-glass store fronts were smashed, properly was destroyed, and the truly good hid their heads under the cover and wished they were in Vicksburg where they could feel safe. *Ve do not publish these things because Vicksburg ia proud of the contrast between the two cities, but to impress upon dreamers and fanatics the impossibility of prohibition. It was in consequence of the lawlessness that a committee of 100 was organised there, which committee decided to put a ticket for mayor and aide-man who would have nerve to restore order. General William Heary was nominated.” Shbasers’ Pater—ln Oreswiok (Victoria) a paper called the Shearers’ Record ha§ just been published. It has been started as the official organ of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union, Australasia, The Imperial Institute,—HU Excellency the Governor has received a memorandum from the Secretary of the Imperial Institute, in which it is stated that the total amount promised and collected is £400,000, of wnich £2853 4s 4d is from New Zealand. /

The Interest on Opr Debt.—The interest paid every year on the colonial debt of | New Zealand amaunti in round numbers to £1,800,000. If this sum were paid in wheat, it would require 15,000,000 bushelj-three times the gross produce of the whole colony—--0% if in frozen meat, it would tike 6,100,000 fat aheap at 6s Sd each,—Exchange - . |

railway Accident in America.—A telegram from New York, dated March 18th, states that a terrible railway acoident occurred at Blackshear. A passenger train wae crossing a trestle bridge when the itrno* tnre collapsed, precipitating the train into a gulch beneath. Twenty-fire of gers were killed outright, and thirty-fire seriously injured. Behind the Times.— On the 26th Jan. the Detroit Free Press informed i» readers that—" Johnny Jones, the financial king of New Zealand, Urea at Dunedin, and his wealth inns up into millions, and the greater part of it was made in eteamboating. He ie a native, and once earned leant wages as an oarsman on a ferry boat.” As (says the Otago Daily Times) nearly 20 years have elapsed sinee the death of this "financial king ” it might reasonably bo ezpeoted tbet whoever supplied the information wonld be aware of the feet.

A Cross Baby.

Nothing is lo conducive to a man’s remain* ing a bachelor as stopping for one night at the house of a married friend, and being kept awake for fire or six hours by the crying of a cross baby. All cross and crying babies need only Dr Soule’s American Hop Bitters to make them well and smiling. Young man remember this.—" Traveller.” Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, &c. f are quickly cured by using Baxter’s “ Lung Preserver,” This old-established and favorite medicine is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by members of the medical, legal, and clerical professions. For testimonials, see advt. Sold by all patent medicine vendors.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,

Farewell Services-At Wesleyan Church, Temuka, on Sunday next. J. Meyer land; tenders close on March 29. N.Z. Railways Train arrangements on account of visit of English cricketers to Christchurch.

W. 0. Bcswiok, Deputy Assignee Meeting of creditors in the estate of Heiier Fauvel on V onday next, in Timaru. J. Ballantyne and Ce., Drapers and Clothiers, Victoria House, Timaru—Notify the arrival of groat and important shipments of new autumn and winter goods and will mate their first grand show on Friday and Saturday first, when they inrite inspection. Drummond and Glasson, Drapers and Clothiers Notify that for one week only, commencing on Mnnday next they will hold a display of autumn and winter drapery in the lately premises occupied by Mr Barlow, opposite the Geraldine Hotelj enumerate a few of the specialities they will offer.